The Correspondence of Athanasius I, Patriarch of Constantinople

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-0-88402-444-6
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 520 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Texts

The letters by Athanasius I addressed to Emperor Andronicus II, to members of his family, and to imperial officials reveal much that is of interest in the political, social, and religious spheres of the Byzantine Empire just before and just after the turn of the thirteenth century. The Correspondence of Athanasius I, Patriarch of Constantinople sheds light on the events of his two patriarchates (1289–1293, 1303–1309) and corrects accounts found in the histories of Pachymeres and Gregoras. Political and social conditions of the empire are here described in detail as the patriarch struggled to alleviate the misery of the people and to discipline the officials of the Church for their venality and indolence. The letters also provide glimpses of daily life in Byzantium and discuss otherwise unknown personages.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Talbot, Alice-Mary

Weitere Mitwirkende

Talbot, Alice-Mary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Byzantinische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Talbot, Alice-Mary
Alice-Mary Talbot was Director of Byzantine Studies, Emerita, at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, and the inaugural editor of the medieval Greek series of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library.